ICT Security: Businesses must close ranks against secondary hackers

A growing number of cyber attacks are aimed at companies their victims do business with, rather than directly at the victims themselves

Anthony Walsh, sales director for Integrity Solutions
Anthony Walsh, sales director for Integrity Solutions

With the majority of Irish companies fitting into the small to medium sized (SME) category, many could be forgiven for thinking that high-end IT security isn’t really something they need to worry about.

Once the basics of security are in place to deter random threats – antivirus software, firewalls and so on – is it really necessary to worry about specifically targeted attacks? Why would someone want to ...